Definition of want

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Want (v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure..

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Rig :: Rig (v. i.) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Nonacquaintance :: Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..
Disassiduity :: Disassiduity (n.) Want of assiduity or care.
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain..
Lasciviency :: Lasciviency (n.) Lasciviousness; wantonness.
Language :: Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
Insensitive :: Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility..
Witless :: Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment..
Inanition :: Inanition (n.) The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Impurity :: Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
Irreligious :: Irreligious (a.) Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech..
Dissonance :: Dissonance (n.) Want of agreement; incongruity.
Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break..
Inexistence :: Inexistence (n.) Want of being or existence.
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office..
Penury :: Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
Amorosa :: Amorosa (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.
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